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Article #889Re: Avoiding International Roaming Gotchas
From: Rod Speed
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:28
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:28
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Gillard = Rudd in a frock wrote > Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote >> Gillard = Rudd in a frock wrote >>> Nom-de-plume <you.are.joking@right.net> wrote >>>>>> I'm happy to accept the cost of urgent messages. >>>>>> If there is a cheaper way of getting them, that >>>>>> would be good. Is there a cheaper way? >>>>> Skype? >>>> That's useful, but not always convenient. The keyword is "urgent". >>> Why not get a wireless enabled phone, find a free >>> wireless log on, and use Skype on your phone? >> Doesnt help for incoming urgent messages. >>> Don't know if this is what you are after? > Skype has a text feature as well, Yes, but its nothing like SMS. > the sender of the text might be able to text the recipient's Skype phone? Not all of the callers are likely to use Skype and he wont necessarily be available even if they do. And free wifi isnt anywhere near as available as GSM. > Would that work? Nothing like as well as SMS.
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X-Google-Thread: fb718,595f6f1699285ba1 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gid5e83424db6,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!feeder.erje.net!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!news.informatik.hu-berlin.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> Newsgroups: aus.comms.mobile Subject: Re: Avoiding International Roaming Gotchas Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:28:41 +1000 Lines: 35 Message-ID: <8co93bF32vU1@mid.individual.net> References: <i3l3ei$ufm$1@news.eternal-september.org> <8c704cFmplU1@mid.individual.net> <i3vr7f$q4k$1@news.eternal-september.org> <gj2766hoah506fvuo6dde1iieanjgh0qva@4ax.com> <i4027l$rtb$1@news.eternal-september.org> <q29a66hk5d3k8einlju0jblf3vpld82bnd@4ax.com> <8cli4eFb2nU1@mid.individual.net> <gpab66hbkhuuabtvn894b6did0k2ikqpqc@4ax.com> X-Trace: individual.net A0+7JEO87HxRPcOi8DTqowtACCsHEzQTjXKF9q74oqpMPsq1Y= Cancel-Lock: sha1:sLdDL2Mx4yE22TG61q38BcwikcQ= X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original